
Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law

The new 2026-27 U.S. News Tax Rankings include the tax programs at 194 law schools (the faculty survey had a 52% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank School 1 NYU 2 Georgetown 3 Florida 3 Northwestern 5 Virginia 6 Michigan 7 Columbia 8 Boston College 8 Harvard 8 Loyola-L.A. 8 UC-Irvine 12 Chicago
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The new 2025-26 U.S. News Tax Rankings include the tax programs at 195 law schools (the faculty survey had a 49% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank School 1 NYU 2 Florida 3 Georgetown 3 Northwestern 5 Virginia 6 Chicago 6 Michigan 8 Columbia 8 UC-Irvine 10 Duke 10 UCLA 12 Boston College